Martin v. Marks

delivered the opinión of the court.

This was an action in the nature of ejectment, brought by-Marks, the plaintiff below, who asserted title under the swamp-land act of Sept. 28,1850, and the earlier act of March 2,1849, in regard to the same class of lands in the State of Louisiana. The defendant relied on a patent from the United States, dated May 20, 1873. The evidence of plaintiff’s title under the act of 1850, which is all we shall now consider, is as follows: —

“North-western District, La.

“A. — List of swamp land unfit for cultivation, selected as inuring to the State of Louisiana under…